FAQ

Knowledge base article 77

This is a step-by-step guide to creating an address book type
database for those new to Ability's Database.

Start Database. Select Start/Programs/Ability
Office/Ability Database

Create a new database file to hold your data (if
you've already created a database, just open it instead). Select File/New
Database and enter a name (e.g. AddressBook).

Create a new table. Select File/New/Table.
For the purposes of this exercise (understanding Database better) skip the
create table wizard and select the Blank Table option.

Design the table. For each item of information you
want to store, add a field. Start of with an "ID" field that
stores a unique number for each record you add (this is good practice). Type
the names of the fields in the "Name" column and set the type in
the "type" column. The table design window should look something
like this:

Save the table. Select OK and give the table a name.

Add data. Double-click on the new table and a blank "grid
view" of your new table will be displayed. You can add your data now -
each row is a new record. You can also view the data in "form
view" by selecting View/Form and toggle back with View/Grid
(there are toolbar buttons that let you do this).

Next steps:

Create a report with View/Report

Create mailing labels using File/New/Report and selecting
Labels in the wizard